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in moist weather ; stem short, incurved, white, flocculose, and 

 veiled, attenuated below ; gills subdecurrent, of a yellowish 

 clay-colour. 



On larch. Flinthara, Notts. Pilcus about 1^ inch across. 

 Stem at length ferruginous. Bolton^s t. 55 is referred by 

 Fries to A. vinosus, but it is surely Paxillus invohdus. 



278. A. (Plammvila) lentus, P. ; pileus fleshy, convcxo- 

 plane, even, viscid, at first clothed Avith a few evanescent 

 scales; stem long, equal, scaly; gills adnate, dirty-white, 

 then clay- coloured. 



On stumps. Not uncommon in the north. Pileus and 

 stem dirty- white. 



279. A. (Flammula) flavidus, Schceff. ; pileus fleshy, con- 

 vexo-plane, equal, smooth, moist ; stem somewhat hollow, fi- 

 brillose, yellow, then ferruginous ; gills adnatc, yellow, then 

 ferruginous. — Schceff. t. 35. 



On trunks of fir-trees, etc. Abundant on lime. Northamp- 

 tonshire. Remarkable for its fine yellow tints. Spores bright 

 ferruginous. 



280. A. (Flammula) inopus, Fr. ; pilcus thin, fleshy, con- 

 vexo-plane, moist, smooth ; stem fistulose, thin, flexuous, 

 closely fibrillose, at length brick-red below; gills adnatc, 

 crowded, linear, of a dingy whitish-yellow. — Bolt. t. 148. 



On pine-trunks. Introduced on the authority of Fries's 

 quotation of Bolton. He also thinks that A. hybridus, Sow., 

 may be the same species. 



281. A. (Flammula) hybridus, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, hemi- 

 spherical, expanded, obtuse, smooth, even, moist ; stem stufied 

 with soft tissue, attenuated above, tawny, clothed with a whit- 

 ish veil which forms a ring; gills adnatc, rather crowded, 

 pale yellow, inclining to tawny. 



On fir-stumps. Gopsall, Rev. A. Bloxam. This does not 



